Despite your natural tendency to constantly criticize yourself, there is, hidden deep within you, a goddess both powerful and sweet, patiently waiting for a sign from you to come out into the open.

By awakening to yourfeminine power, you open a path for your inner world to become gradually more balanced and less determined by theold and prerogative patriarchal model.

What wouldyour life be like ifyou approachedeach day as thoughyou werea goddess?-would you finallystopdoubting your own worth?-Would you loveyour own image reflectedin the mirrorandwould youenjoymovingyour hips?-Would youunconditionally love yourself andwould youfeel lovedat all times?

So many centuries have passed since the religion of the great goddess dominated the world and since the very nature of the feminine got lost in the meanders of humanity’s memory. The feminine suffers in today's world and through its wounds, it is claiming its birthrights. The feminine is desperately trying to rediscover its essence.

Me… a goddess… really?

Absolutely… When you were a child, you knew in thevery depths of your being, that you were born to live something very special. And despite what you experienced and went through, traces of this certitude remain within you. You wereborn with ahigher purpose,but from queen and goddess, youbecameslavetoyour fears,yourillusions and your sundry appetites, yearning for an illusorypower.Now is the timeto awaken thegoddess in yourhearttogentlylet her emergein the world.

You may ask me why?

Because the goddess is your feminine essence, it is the true power and spiritual glory that lies within each and every woman. <em>Maybe</em>, you may reply anew, still sceptical and quite wary… <em>but then, how do we wake up this dormant goddess?</em></span>Bothwild andeternal, the goddess knows thepast, presentas well as the future. She urges you to trust your instincts and your will to live, to stayconnectedto realityand loveand sheimplores you toenjoy life. The dormant goddessin youmanifests itselfopenlyin various forms. Hospitality, receptivity,ability to lend an ear, depth of character, intuitionand love of the body....are someof the goddess values.

But how do I go about it?

You can reclaim ownership of the sacred feminine, the woman’s essence, using goddesses archetypes from different traditions and mythologies.The concepts ofarchetypeandcollective unconsciouswereinitially definedbyJung. According to him,there is acollective unconscious, the foundation of the imaginationwhich is common toall peoplesthrough time. This collectiveunconsciousmanifest itselfsin legends, myths and religions. Commonto humanity,the unconsciousis structured byarchetypes. These archetypesare universalsymbols that constitutethe languageconveying thedeepheritage of mankind.

The archetypeis universal andtranspersonal, itlies at the heartof the collectivehuman psyche. The samearchetypeis personifiedin various formsinall culturesand in allmyths.Source of spiritualwisdom andinner guidance, the archetype influences ourthinking, our way of beingand behavior.Eacharchetype harbors knowledge andlessonshe/she wantsus to share.

Celebratethemale andfemalecohabitationwithin youtofullyenjoy abalanced life.Get rid ofautomatisms andconditioningsof all kinds.Archetypegoddessesare there toshake youandurge you tobecome a radiant being rather than merely go through life.

Revel in the multiplegoddessincarnations within youand becomethe heroine ofyour life!

YogaGoddess:Kundalini Yoga, also known as Yogaof Awareness,is particularly powerfulin its effects. Sessionsare structuredand each of them carries aparticular theme to work on. It providesa many and diverse techniques from which to choose to serve one’s mainobjectives andaspirations.

One ofKundaliniYoga’s strengthsis to enable specific practiceson various topics, which can be usedas a meansto work onthe particularenergy associated withthe archetype of thegoddesstargeted. Thus, thanks tokryas(sets of exercises) andcarefully selected meditations, it will be possibleto raise your awareness of the qualitiesconveyed bythe archetype, to befriend them and integratethem into your life.

Sophie Terrasse, M.A., IKYTAleads KundaliniYoga retreatsandworkshopsthat focus on the activation,awarenessand celebration of themany facetsof the feminineusingGreek and Orientalgoddess archetypes.Sophiejoinedthe wonderful team at CentreYoga Aylmerin September 2013andcurrentlyofferstwoweekly classesofKundaliniYogaas well asrelaxation sessions to the soothing sound of hergong.